Onder Invloed is a project by Dutch journalist Matthijs van der Ven. The title means ‘under the influence’. Since June 16th 2008, he filmed numerous international musicians covering their favourite songs in sessions and at Onder Invloed live shows. His first book, Onder Invloed, was published in 2012.

This year I started a new series, using streaming service Spotify. I asked musicians and friends to make playlists of their favourite songs. The My Influences series will continue in 2013, but first here’s the collection of songs of 2012’s playlists in one big playlist.

Paul Tasker is one of the guys who introduced me to Glasgow, now one of my favourite cities around. Tasker, one of the best guitarists I know, is currently working on a instrumental solo EP which is due to be released in 2013.

Next week, on the 16th of November, Arthur Adam‘s new album ‘Pulse’ will be released. No better time than today to publish the playlist he made for the My Influences series a while ago. Here it is, a collection including The Beach Boys, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Joe Jackson, Chet Baker and many more.

He’s got his debut album coming out this month, his Onder Invloed session will be online soon too, but while waiting for all that, why not listen to his favourite songs? Royal Parks, a.k.a. Diederik Nomden (who has played with Johan, Daryll-Ann, Awkward I and Bertolf) picked out twelve songs that make you forget about...